Volunteer Education Manager and Deputy at Jet Age Museum

ROLE:

1. Jet Age Museum engages with people in Gloucestershire and beyond to foster and inspire interest in the aviation history of the County from the earliest days of flight, through the birth of the Jet Age to the modern aerospace industry of today. The role of the Volunteer Education Manager and Deputy is to plan, co-ordinate and deliver, with support from other volunteers, activities for our schools’ learning programmes and other educational visits to the Museum, or through outreach. 

2. Working closely with the Visitor & Volunteer Services Trustee Champion and the Volunteer Co-ordination Team in particular, the Manager and Deputy will work with other managers and guides at the Museum, and external agencies, to encourage young people’s interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through aviation and its history.  

RESPONSIBILITIES:

3. To develop and/or maintain learning programmes for schools and other educational group visits or outreach. 

4. To ensure teachers’ packs are kept up to date and relevant.

5. To develop relationships with schools and other educational establishments to encourage visits to the Museum, or outreach if more appropriate. 

6. To handle enquiries about education visits to the Museum, or outreach and accept bookings that can be supported within volunteer resources.

7. To act as the host for educational visits, delivering educational content as required, supervising the input of other assisting volunteers and co-operating with the appointed Duty Manager for the day. 

8. To ensure any STEM event activity is recorded on the STEM website.

SKILLS/INTERESTS NEEDED:

9. Essential: An interest in education for young people; IT and telephone skills to deal effectively with schools and other educational establishments; team working with other managers and volunteers. Desirable: A background in teaching, training or engineering.        

TRAINING OFFERED:

10. Various relevant courses offered by Museum Development South West and On the Job Training.  

TIME COMMITMENT SUGGESTED: 

11.  Administration: variable/average 2-3 hours per week. Delivery: Estimated 12 school visits/outreach per annum – approximately 5 hours per session (4 hours face time – 1 hour – administration).   

LOCATION: 

12. Administration at home or in the Museum; Delivery at the Museum or outreach locations. 

MAIN POINT OF CONTACT/SUPERVISOR: 

13. The Visitor & Volunteer Services Trustee Champion.